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Michael Jackson in Battlefield Heroes - Is this a Tribute or in Poor Taste?

June 30, 2009 in News comments 13

Two very cool costumes (well at least the white suit is cool) are being offered for $3 a piece in Battlefield Heroes. I want to say this was probably good intentions, but coming so soon seems as though they are cashing in on a person's death. How say you? Do you think they could have afforded to let these two suits slide and be free?

Looking to pay tribute to Michael Jackson’s passing? Well then you should probably pay MONEY to Electronic Arts.

“Battlefield Heroes” players will be able to pony up 420 Battlefunds (about $3 in real money) for each Michael Jackson-themed costume. The good guys have access to the white suit from the “Smooth Criminal” music video, while the bad guys get the black leather getup from “Bad.”

I don’t take issue with the concept, an in-game memorial of MJ, but to sell them? Sure, Battlefield Heroes is a free game and it makes its money off of in-game customization options, but this just smacks of bad taste.
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  • 0
    chautemoc* Jun 30, 09
    Free .
    • 0
      Sayyed Jun 30, 09
      How the hell can you bypass the character limit?! Damn mods...

      Anyway they should definatly change them to free. If a lot of battlefeild players complain they might have.
  • 1
    Deeko Jun 30, 09
    They're just trying to cash in on the hype.
    • 1
      chautemoc* Jun 30, 09
      Didn't realize you could hype someone after they're dead. Society is talented.
      • 0
        dwg14390 Jun 30, 09
        what?
        Its not necessarily like that but the world is in an uproar that MJ is dead a.k.a. hype.

        So yeah, you can hype after death, its happened way to many times before.

        WAIT!! I DON'T SEE HIS ONE SIDED GLOVED HAND!!
        • 0
          chautemoc* Jun 30, 09
          Semantics I guess -- in the gaming and music worlds anyway I just think of hype as a precursor to something.
  • 3
    Cruxis Mana Jun 30, 09
    EA: "Now YOU can kill Michael Jackon!"
  • 0
    McClubbin Jun 30, 09
    It's just another group trying to cash in on the opportunity. Just like the guy who stood outside the UCLA Medical Center with MJ t-shirts and made a cool 6 grand. You can go ahead and call it the "entrepreneurial spirit," but in this case I definitely think it's in poor taste selling the costumes considering the game has nothing to do with him in the first place. I'd deem it acceptable (noble, even) if they were just giving them away.
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    Dragoshi1 Jul 1, 09
    What, no Billy Mays costume tribute? Billy is as much a man as Micheal was.
    • 1
      Pokeman Master Jul 2, 09
      Billy Mays, all he did was make a bunch of infomercials.
      MJ, on the other hand was a great influence to the musical community.

      In my opinion, he doesn't deserve a tribute.
  • 1
    Big A2 Jul 1, 09
    Hmm... maybe I should go out and kill some celebrities so they're costumes can be in video games...
  • 0
    Insanity Prevails Jul 2, 09
    The original article has been updated with this:

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    UPDATE: Despite appearing for pay on the "Battlefield Heroes" test servers, EA has reached out to inform us that the costumes will be free upon release. Rejoice!
    I wonder if that was the original intention or did EA feel the pressure of negative feedback?

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